More Quotes by Washington Irving
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.
The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.
He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most explicit and direct manner. He tries to compress as much thought as possible into a few words. On the contrary, the man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
The love of a mother is never exhausted. It never changes - it never tires - it endures through all; in good repute, in bad repute. In the face of the world's condemnation, a mother's love still lives on.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
He that drinks beer, thinks beer.
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
